Bracket



(No Model.)

H. M. I-IUMPHREY.

' BRACKET.

Patented July 17, 1888.

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WITNESSES BY ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFicE.

HELEN M. HUMPHREY, OF OLAYVILLE, NE\V YORK.

B RACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386.248, dated July 17, 1888.

Application filed August 23, 1887. SerialNo. 247.663. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, HELEN M. HUMPHREY, of Clayville, in the county ofOneida and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Braeket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an adjustable bracket designed more particularly for shaving and toilet mirrors and adapted to be at tached to a window or other convenient support, and adapted also to be folded in small space, so as to be readily packed in a satchel or trunk.

The invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which the figure is a side elevation of my invention as it appears when attached to a window-frame.

A represents a small rod or bar, provided at its upper end with a fixedjaw, B, and sliding jaw G, which latter is worked by a screw, D, fitted in a screw-threaded opening in the jaw 13, so that these jaws constitute a clamp for attaching the rod A to a windowframe, E, or other convenient support. Attached to the rod A is the bracket-arm F, made up of aseries of connected lazy-tongsfff so that the arm may be extended or contracted in length, as desired, to hold the mirror G at any desired position, and so that the said arm may be folded up to occupy small compass in a trunk or satchel.

The lazy-tongsf is provided with an adjusting device, H, for holding the mirror so that it may be tipped backward or forward, as desired. Said adjusting device H is pivoted at t, and is formed with the sleeve m, to receive the bent rodj of the mirror, and is also formed with the curved slot a, through which passes a set-screw, 0, for securing the adjusting device to hold the mirror at any desired angle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The mirror G, having a fitstening-rod, j, at its back, in combination with the lazy-tongs F, adjustable plate H, and set-screw a, the said plate being formed with a curved slot, 0, to receive the screw n, and with a sleeve, m, to receive the rod j, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, the rod A, provided with a clamping device at one end, the lazy-tongs F, attached to the rod A, and the mirror G, in combination with the adjustable plate H and set-screw o, the said plate being formed-with a curved slot, n, and pivoted to one of the bars of the lazy-tongs, substantially as described.

HELEN -M. HUMPHREY.

\Vitnesses:

P. V. RooERs, OoRREL HUMPHREY. 

